SNOOKER · 2026-09-13 · BRENTWOOD, ENGLAND
2026 BetVictor English Open snooker prize money
The 2026 BetVictor English Open paid £538,600 to 92 players. Ali Carter won £100,000. Mark Williams took £45,000 as runner-up.
TOTAL PAID£539k
WINNER£100k
PLAYERS PAID92
PAYOUT BANDS9
Every cheque
92 players paid, in finishing order
| PLACE | PLAYER | NATION | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Ali Carter | England | £100,000£100k |
| Runner-up | Mark Williams | Wales | £45,000£45k |
| Semi-final | Ding Junhui | China | £21,000£21k |
| Semi-final | Shaun Murphy | England | £21,000£21k |
| Quarter-final | Judd Trump | England | £13,200£13k |
| Quarter-final | Kyren Wilson | England | £13,200£13k |
| Quarter-final | Liam Davies | Wales | £13,200£13k |
| Quarter-final | Zhou Yuelong | China | £13,200£13k |
| Last 16 | Anthony McGill | Scotland | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Barry Hawkins | England | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Gong Chenzhi | China | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Joe O'Connor | England | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Mark Selby | England | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Pang Junxu | China | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Wu Yize | China | £9,000£9k |
| Last 16 | Yuan Sijun | China | £9,000£9k |
| Last 32 | Ashley Carty | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Ashley Hugill | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Chang Bingyu | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Chris Wakelin | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Daniel Wells | Wales | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Fan Zhengyi | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Jamie Clarke | Wales | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Luo Zetao | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Matthew Selt | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Oliver Lines | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Robbie Williams | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Ross Muir | Scotland | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Sam Craigie | England | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Wang Xinbo | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Xu Si | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 32 | Zhang Anda | China | £5,400£5k |
| Last 64 | Aaron Hill | Ireland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Antoni Kowalski | Poland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Artemijs Zizins | Latvia | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | David Gilbert | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Elliot Slessor | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Florian Nüßle | Austria | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Gao Yang | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Gary Wilson | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Hossein Vafaei | Iran | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Jack Lisowski | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Jackson Page | Wales | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Jimmy Robertson | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Jordan Brown | Northern Ireland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Louis Heathcote | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Lyu Haotian | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Mateusz Baranowski | Poland | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Michael Holt | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Neil Robertson | Australia | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Peifan Lei | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Ricky Walden | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Si Jiahui | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Stan Moody | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Stuart Bingham | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon | Thailand | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | Thailand | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Tom Ford | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Xiao Guodong | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Zak Surety | England | £3,600£4k |
| Last 64 | Zhao Xintong | China | £3,600£4k |
| Last 96 | Anton Kazakov | Ukraine | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Ben Mertens | Belgium | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Ben Woollaston | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Cheung Ka Wai | Hong Kong | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Connor Benzey | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Craig Steadman | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | David Grace | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | David Lilley | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Duane Jones | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | He Guoqiang | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Ishpreet Singh Chadha | India | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Jamie Jones | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Jiang Jun | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Julien Leclercq | Belgium | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Leone Crowley | Ireland | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Liam Graham | Scotland | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Liam Highfield | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Liam Pullen | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Liu Hongyu | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Long Zehuang | China | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Luca Brecel | Belgium | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Marco Fu | Hong Kong | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Martin O'Donnell | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Matthew Stevens | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Noppon Saengkham | Thailand | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Oliver Sykes | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Phil O'Kane | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Ryan Day | Wales | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Scott Donaldson | Scotland | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Stuart Carrington | England | £1,000£1k |
| Last 96 | Xu Yichen | China | £1,000£1k |
| High break | Zhou Yuelong | China | £5,000£5k |
How the money splits
Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1 | £100,000£100k | £100,000£100k |
| Runner-up | 1 | £45,000£45k | £45,000£45k |
| Semi-final | 2 | £21,000£21k | £42,000£42k |
| Quarter-final | 4 | £13,200£13k | £52,800£53k |
| Last 16 | 8 | £9,000£9k | £72,000£72k |
| Last 32 | 16 | £5,400£5k | £86,400£86k |
| Last 64 | 29 | £3,600£4k | £104,400£104k |
| Last 96 | 31 | £1,000£1k | £31,000£31k |
| High break | 1 | £5,000£5k | £5,000£5k |
Where the money went, band by band
The rest of 2026
Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2026
| TOURNAMENT | WINNER | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Unibet British Open | Jak Jones | £502,000£502k |
| 2026 Wuhan Open | Chang Bingyu | £715,500£716k |
| 2026 SATUO Window Cleaning Robot China Open | Mark Selby | £1,182,500£1.2m |
| 2026 Shanghai Masters | Judd Trump | £825,000£825k |
| 2026 BetVictor Championship League | Jak Jones | £328,000£328k |
| 2026 Halo World Championship | Wu Yize | £2,380,000£2.4m |
| 2026 Sportsbet.io Tour Championship | Zhao Xintong | £490,000£490k |
| 2026 World Open | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh | £787,500£788k |
| 2026 BetVictor Welsh Open | Barry Hawkins | £550,400£550k |
| 2026 Sportsbet.io Players Championship | Zhao Xintong | £500,000£500k |
| 2026 BetVictor Championship League | Mark Selby | £182,201£182k |
| 2026 World Grand Prix | Zhao Xintong | £690,000£690k |
| 2026 Machineseeker German Masters | Judd Trump | £538,200£538k |
| 2026 Johnstone's Paint Masters | Kyren Wilson | £1,015,000£1.0m |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner of the 2026 BetVictor English Open get?
Ali Carter took £100,000.
How much did the runner-up get?
Mark Williams took £45,000, 45% of the winner's cheque.
What was the total prize money at the 2026 BetVictor English Open?
£538,600, paid to 92 players.
How does it compare with other years?
The 2025 BetVictor English Open paid £550,400.
Where to next
Every edition is on the English Open prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2026. The edition before was the 2025 BetVictor English Open.